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Show PAPERMAKIN IN INDO-CHIN vat ofliquid pulp with the far side of the mould incline downward, as shown in Photograph 10. This is the sid of the mould that is not bounded by the wooden deckleframe, butis fitted with a reed laced along the edge of th mould-cover, permitting the pulp to flow freely onto th surface of the mould. With the initial dipping the «laid face of the mould is only thinly covered with the fibrou pulp, and to gain thickness the mould is again partiall immersed; for the finest papersitmay be dipped the thir time. The thin layers of wet pulp are built up one upo another and all comprise a homogeneous sheet of paper The cay mo performs one of its important funéionsin th extra dipping as without this glutinous extract the layer of fiberwould separate upon the mould after the first dip ping. When the worker considers the moist sheet to b of sufficient thicknessitisremoved from the mould. Thi is accomplished by lifting away the deckle-frame whic frees the«laid" mould-cover withits deposi of pulp. Th mould-coveris then lifted from the under mould-fram and turned over, and with a deft rolling motion the we sheet of paperis deposited inaneat and compaét pile, on sheet upon another, as shown in Photograp 1. As pre viously explained, no interleaving felts are used as is th pradtice in all Occidental papermaking by hand. When pile of several hundred newly-formed sheets of paper ha been «couched" together the mass is subjected toa pressing from five to six hours. Photographs 12 and 13. Thi pressure expels considerable water and assists in unitin Digital mage© 2005 MarriottLibrary University of Utah, All rights reserved |